20 °F Mini Flight over Newly Frozen Lake - Update: AIRDATA

[Wild Wayne]

I’m still figuring out all the controls so I’m flying with the training wheels (range limiter). For this flight I set the max range at 130m and the max altitude 30m. The temperature was 20 °F. With a forecast of 3 mph winds it was a perfect day to fly, other than the low temperature. I got 16 minutes of flight time with 40% battery life remaining. During the flight I used hand warmer packs to keep my iPhone and the controller warm.

 

[kerrylaw7307]

Very nIce video. No jerky movements. Good music. Smooth and easy to watch. Liked it!

 

[Wild Wayne]

Very nIce video. No jerky movements. Good music. Smooth and easy to watch. Liked it!

Thanks! All the videos in real time. The music is a 30 sec canned clip. I just duplicated it. This my first time using iMovie. it’s a good first try…

 

[Ian in London]

That's great you got such good flight time at such low temps.... Great video

 

[axismoto]

Is there any permenant damage to the batteries at that temp?
What are the drawbacks.
Up here in Dakota, it would be nice to fly in sub-freezing temps.

 

[wyonuck]

I flew my mini in 25 degree temps and about 5 mph winds. It really struggled and ended up losing altitude and basically crashing after the battery got to about 60%. Has anyone else had this issue?

 

[Thomas B]

Beautiful location and great capture!
Thanks for posting.

 

[Skyflyer129]

Wow, very cool! Nice job on the flight, that was short, sweet and enjoyable to watch.
Blue Skies from SoCal

 

[Wild Wayne]